When a friend started making random despairing statements, people
were concerned for him and started giving advice and offering
encouragement. As it turned out, he was simply having fun by quoting
song lyrics out of context to start a conversation. Friends who tried to
help wasted their time by offering help he didn’t need and advice he
didn’t want. The consequences of my friend’s misleading statements were
not serious, but they could have been. In taking time to respond to his
false need, someone could have neglected someone else’s truly serious
need.
Some people who take words out of context just want to gain attention
or win an argument. But others are more sinister. They twist truth to
gain power over others. They endanger not only lives but also souls.
When people use words to manipulate others to behave in certain
ways—or worse, when they quote the Bible out of context to convince
others to do wrong—there’s only one defense: We need to know what God
truly says in His Word. Jesus was able to resist temptation with the
truth (Luke 4). We have the same resource. God has given us His Word and
Spirit to guide us and keep us from being deceived or misled.

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About Me

I am Mel Alarilla, male, married, a Christian trying to be of service to God & His flocks. I aim to spend the remaining days of my life sharing the Gospel and its message to unbelievers who are still groping in the dark. I have no personal motives in doing this but the desire to please God and glorify His name in everything that I do. I have no pretensions in life. I am not extraordinary nor do I claim to be sublime. I am an ordinary mortal who suffers the same pitfalls common to man.